Apron.



I. A. & B. S. ROBERTSON.

APRON.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 12, 1912.

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IDA A. ROBERTSON AND IBEDFORD S. ROBERTSON, OF ROCKYMOUNT, VIRGINIA.

AIE'RON.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 21, 1914.

Application filed November 12, 1912. Serial No. 730,993.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, IDA A. ROBERTSON andBnnronn S. RoBEnrsoN, citizens of the United States, residing atRockymount, in the county of Franklin, State of Virginia, have inventeda new and useful Apron, of which the following is a specification.

The device forming the subject matter of this application is an apron orcape, adapted to be employed by the patrons of hair cuttingestablishments.

One object of the invention is to provide an apron or cape of the typeabove described, which will receive and hold the severed hair, the hairbeing thereby prevented from drop ping to the floor.

Another object of the invention is to provide novelmeans for maintainingthe hair receiving member in outstanding relation with respect to thecape.

A further object of the invention is to provide an apron or cape havinga hair receiving member, the parts of which may be separated, to permitthe hair to be removed.

Another object of the invention is to improve generally, and to increasethe utility of, devices of that type to which the present inventionappertains.

lVith the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the preciseembodiment of invention can be made within the scope of what is claimedwithout departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawing :Figure 1 is a plan showing one form of the invention;Fig. 2 is a transverse section of the structure shown in Fig. 1; Fig. 3is a transverse section of the structure shown in Fig. 1, Fig. 3depicting the means whereby the hair receiving membet is maintained atan angle to the cape; Fig. 4C is a perspective of the brace which isemployed for holding the hair receiving member at an angle to the cape;Fig. 5 is a sectional detail illustrating one form of the connectingelement which may be employed.

In carrying out the invention there is provided a cape 9. The cape isequipped with a neck opening 10. Any suitable means may be employed forconnecting the ends of the cape. In the present instance, buttons 11 areprovided. The cape 9 is equipped with an upstanding, hair receivingelement, denoted generally by the numeral 12. The upstanding, hairreceiving element 12 may consist of a plurality of sections 1 1, theends of which are overlapped, and are secured together by means ofbuttons 15, or in any other desired manner. The end of one terminalsection 1a is provided with a button 17 or the like, adapted to engage abutton hole 16 in the other terminal section, to the end that the member12 may extend continuously and unbrokenly around the body of the wearer.The lower edges of the sections 14 of the member 12 are upturned asindicated at 18, and lie against the cape 9, the parts 18 beingconnected with the cape 9 by means of buttons 19 or other securingelements adapted to a like end. In this connection, referring to Fig. 5,it will be understood that wherever buttons are mentioned in thisapplication, the buttons may be of any desired form. Preferably,however, as shown, the button comprises a head 21, there being a shank22 projecting from the head, and a ring 23 being detachably mounted inthe shank 22, the construction being common and well known. The shank 22of the button extends through the material.

Referring to the device shown in Fig. 1, a variety of instrumentalitiesmay be employed for maintaining the hair receiving member 12 inoutstanding relation with respect to the cape 9. If desired, a pluralityof braces 24 may be provided, the same having right and left spirals 25at their ends. One of the spirals 25 is adapted to be engaged in anopening 26 formed in the cape 9, the other of the spirals 25 beingadapted to be inserted into the openings 27 which are formed in theoverlapped ends of the sections 1 1 of the hair engaging member 12. Itwill be observed that by rotating the braces 24k in one direction, thespirals 25 will be engaged, respectively, with the cape 9 and with theoverlapped ends of the sections 14 of the hair receiving member. Notonly do the braces 24: constitute means for maintaining the hairreceiving member in outstanding relation with respect to the cape 9,but, as well, these braces constitute means for connecting the ends ofthe sections 1 1, it being understood that, if desired, the buttons 15,hereinbefore referred to, may be dispensed with.

The ends of the sections 14 of the member 12 may be disconnected readilyto permit the member 12 to be cleaned out. All of the constituent partsof the device herein disclosed may be fashioned from any chosen materialor combination of materials.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is 1. In a deviceof the class described, a cape provided with a transverse, upwardlyextended outstanding hair receiving member comprising a plurality ofparts having separable ends; and a brace for maintaining said member inoutstanding relation with respect to the cape, one end of the bracebeing detachably connected with the cape, the other end of the bracebeing detachably connected with the separable ends of the parts of saidmember, to hold said parts together.

2. In a device of the class described, a cape; a hair receiving memberapplied thereto; and a brace having right and left spirals 20 engagedwith the cape and with said member.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own, we have heretoaifixed our signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

IDA A. ROBERTSON. BEDFORD S. ROBERTSON. Witnesses:

Mrs. G. \V. GILBERT, C. E. PEARCE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. O.

